Illustrated portrait of Julián Benitez

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Software Engineer / Tech Lead · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lead · Product · Backend · Platform

Built with intent.
Made to endure.

I lead and build maintainable software across product interfaces, backend systems, and the Linux infrastructure that carries them into production.

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Status
Open to ambitious engineering work
Preferred environment
Linux · OSS · shipping

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01 · Experience

Hands on the system.
Eyes on the team.

Leadership without leaving the work behind—from product architecture and frontend standards to interviews, services, and delivery.

  1. AlixPartners

    Software Engineer / Tech Lead

    Global / Buenos Aires

    Technical leadership and hands-on delivery across globally distributed product teams.

    • Holds Tech Lead responsibilities across globally distributed teams, guiding technical direction, architecture decisions, delivery coordination, and mentoring.
    • Co-leads the Frontend Guild, aligning engineering practices across Next.js, React, and Vue applications.
    • Conducts technical interviews and contributes to structured candidate assessment.
    • Builds internal and client-facing products with Next.js, React, Vue, C#, NestJS, SQL Server, and Azure.

    Next.js · React · Vue · C# · NestJS · SQL Server · Azure

  2. Agala Labs

    Creator / Software Engineer

    Independent engineering

    A private product engineering lab spanning reusable interfaces, services, and automated Linux infrastructure.

    • Builds a reusable private product platform across Nuxt and Vue applications with shared frontend infrastructure.
    • Engineers Go service gateways and PostgreSQL-backed integrations with clear operational boundaries.
    • Automates Linux infrastructure and delivery with OpenTofu, Ansible, Docker, secrets tooling, and CI/CD.

    Nuxt · Vue · TypeScript · Go · PostgreSQL · Linux · OpenTofu · Ansible · Docker

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    1. 01

      Product surfaces

      Reusable application shells and shared frontend infrastructure.

      Nuxt / Vue / TypeScript
    2. 02

      Services

      Typed gateways and durable data integrations.

      Go / PostgreSQL
    3. 03

      Platform

      Repeatable Linux environments and delivery automation.

      OpenTofu / Ansible / Docker / CI/CD

  3. Self-employed

    Freelance Software Engineer

    Buenos Aires

    End-to-end delivery of web and mobile products, from interface through deployment.

    • Delivered medium-scale web and mobile products across Node.js, C#, Vue, and Flutter.
    • Designed MongoDB and PostgreSQL data layers and operated custom Linux infrastructure on AWS.

    Node.js · C# · Vue · Flutter · MongoDB · PostgreSQL · AWS · Linux

02 · Selected open-source work

Systems with
their source left open.

Four repositories spanning interface infrastructure, repeatable deployment, AI-assisted delivery, and a Linux workstation built from first principles.

01

Public repository

Design systems2026

Agala UI

A reusable product language spanning more than forty component families, calendar views, shared interaction composables, and a companion chart package.

A zero-dependency Vue 3 component library with typed APIs, atomic design tokens, theming, and accessibility at its foundation.

  • Vue 3
  • TypeScript
  • Vite
  • CSS tokens
  • npm workspaces
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architecture.map6 nodes
A reusable product language.

02

Public repository

Platform engineering2025–2026

Agala Deploy

Deployment knowledge became a versioned, portable tool with explicit configuration, secret handling, validation, and predictable execution across environments.

A containerized deployment entry point that combines Ansible, encrypted secrets, Git-backed inventories, and CI automation.

  • Go
  • Ansible
  • Docker
  • SOPS
  • age
  • Woodpecker CI
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architecture.map8 nodes
A repeatable path to production.

03

Public repository

Developer experience2026

Agala AI

Product planning, design, implementation, review, and QA became reusable workflows with explicit responsibilities and stack-aware guidance.

A portable operating system for AI-assisted product delivery, expressed as agents, focused skills, and stack-specific engineering contracts.

  • Agent workflows
  • Markdown contracts
  • Nuxt
  • Go
  • Vue
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architecture.map8 nodes
Delivery roles made explicit.

04

Public repository

Linux & developer experience2025–2026

Agala Setup

A complete development workstation becomes reproducible: shell, terminal, editor, runtimes, containers, and daily utilities install through one inspectable system.

A repeatable Fedora workstation bootstrap that turns a fresh Linux installation into a complete engineering environment.

  • Bash
  • Fedora
  • DNF
  • Zsh
  • Neovim
  • tmux
  • Docker
Read case study View source
architecture.map7 nodes
A ready, repeatable workstation.

03 · Operating principles

GUI instincts.
Terminal discipline.

The best systems feel inevitable. Clear boundaries. Useful abstractions. No ceremony without purpose. I lead close to the hard decisions, help teams sharpen their craft, and stay until the details hold.

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Technical leadership
Technical direction, mentoring, hiring, and shared frontend standards for distributed engineering teams.
Tech Lead · Frontend Guild · Mentoring · Interviews
Product engineering
Interfaces that make complicated work feel direct and remain maintainable after launch.
TypeScript · React · Next.js · Vue · Nuxt · Flutter
Backend & data
Practical services shaped around clear contracts, durable data, operational safety, and fast delivery.
C# · Node.js · NestJS · Go · SQL Server · PostgreSQL
Platform engineering
Linux infrastructure and delivery automation that turn deployment knowledge into a repeatable system.
Linux · Azure · AWS · Docker · Ansible · OpenTofu · CI/CD
  1. 01

    Earn the abstraction

    Start with the real constraint. Generalize only after the pattern proves itself.

  2. 02

    Make the edge cases ordinary

    Good systems turn failure, loading, and recovery into designed paths—not surprises.

  3. 03

    Leave useful evidence

    Decisions, interfaces, and automation should help the next person move with confidence.

04 · Start a conversation

Have a hard system
worth making simple?

Built with intent in Buenos Aires.

© 2026 Julián Benitez